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Interfax, Russia
Sept 20 2012
Georgian prosecutors searching for those who ordered Tbilisi prison abuses
TBILISI. Sept 20
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor's Office continues analyzing a theory
that the latest acts of abuse against inmates in Tbilisi's prison
could have been ordered by third persons, who are interested in
discrediting the country's leadership.
On Wednesday evening, the Chief Prosecutor's Office released a video
of an interrogation of Gldani prison employee David Akobia, who
recorded video footage showing prisoners apparently being abused by
guards.
Akobia was detained at a checkpoint on the Georgian-Armenian border.
According to Akobia, he received a wireless button video camera from
the Gldani prison's security inspector Boris Parulava, who asked him
to video the arrival of new inmates in exchange for a solid reward.
Akobia said that he had given the video tape to Parulava.
"After it, I was supposed to travel to Armenia on September 18 or
September 19 and then go to Ukraine to meet with our former officer
Vladimir Bedukadze and receive the money from him," he said.
However, Akobia's testimony does not coincide with the statement made
by former prison guard Vladimir Bedukadze, who fled to Belgium.
According to Bedukadze, he filmed this video on his own using a video
camera provided by the prison's chief.
"These acts of violence were filmed especially for Interior Minister
Bacho Akhalaya," Bedukadze said in televised remarks on Wednesday.
Georgia's pro-opposition television stations Maestro and TV-9
broadcast video footage showing prisoners apparently being mistreated
by guards at the Gldani prison. The incident sparked mass protests all
over Georgia.
Sept 20 2012
Georgian prosecutors searching for those who ordered Tbilisi prison abuses
TBILISI. Sept 20
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor's Office continues analyzing a theory
that the latest acts of abuse against inmates in Tbilisi's prison
could have been ordered by third persons, who are interested in
discrediting the country's leadership.
On Wednesday evening, the Chief Prosecutor's Office released a video
of an interrogation of Gldani prison employee David Akobia, who
recorded video footage showing prisoners apparently being abused by
guards.
Akobia was detained at a checkpoint on the Georgian-Armenian border.
According to Akobia, he received a wireless button video camera from
the Gldani prison's security inspector Boris Parulava, who asked him
to video the arrival of new inmates in exchange for a solid reward.
Akobia said that he had given the video tape to Parulava.
"After it, I was supposed to travel to Armenia on September 18 or
September 19 and then go to Ukraine to meet with our former officer
Vladimir Bedukadze and receive the money from him," he said.
However, Akobia's testimony does not coincide with the statement made
by former prison guard Vladimir Bedukadze, who fled to Belgium.
According to Bedukadze, he filmed this video on his own using a video
camera provided by the prison's chief.
"These acts of violence were filmed especially for Interior Minister
Bacho Akhalaya," Bedukadze said in televised remarks on Wednesday.
Georgia's pro-opposition television stations Maestro and TV-9
broadcast video footage showing prisoners apparently being mistreated
by guards at the Gldani prison. The incident sparked mass protests all
over Georgia.